Easy to grow – peas
by Diane - January 22nd, 2013.Filed under: Suttons Seeds.
Growing peas is easy. In tubs or in the ground. Just follow the instructions on any of these great offers from Suttons. Seeds and plants available.
Pea and Bean Plant Collection £14.99
Peas and beans are two of the most productive crops you can grow in terms of harvest per square metre! Our collection comprises 25 Plants (15 Garden Ready Pea Ambassador – Use fresh or frozen, this ‘Onward’ type pea is high in vitamin C and tastes delicious! It’s vigorous, with a high level of disease resistance and 10 Pot Ready Runner Bean St George – In recent RHS trials, British-bred St George emerged as the highest-yielding runner bean. Semi-stringless and good flavoured, its attractive bicoloured flowers are an added bonus! RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. – Ideal for a veg patch approx. 2msquared.
Pea Plants – Cascadia (Sugar Snap) £9.99
An eat all pea which produces a cascade of 8cm pods with an average content of 7/8 peas to a pod. Pods hold well on the plants, giving a long harvest period. Ideal raw in salads, as a stir fry or used in conventional cooking. Height 75cm (30). Pack contains 10 plants + 5 extra FREE! You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!
Pea Purple Podded Plants £9.99
Pick pods young and tender and eat them whole to make the most of the purple colour and the extra vitamins that the pods contain. Allow them to mature and you’ll find that the green peas inside are very tasty too! Height 1.8m (6′).
Pea Plants – Peawee 65 (Petit Pois) £9.99
Producing 2-3 pods per node and 9-10 peas per pod, this outstanding pea will provide you with a bountiful crop of mouth-watering petit pois. Height 75cm (30). Buy 10 plants GET 5 FREE.Easy to grow and now better value than ever! Why not give them a try? You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!
Pea and Bean Patio Planter £9.95
Enjoy fresh peas and beans straight from the patio! Our easy-to-use planter is made from tough black woven polyethylene, has drainage holes and carry handles, and comes complete with a robust frame for the plants to climb up. Overall size 182cm (6′) high x 45cm (18) wide x 35cm (14) deep. ONLY 1 LEFT
Pea Tom Thumb Seed £3.65
Not the first vegetable that springs to mind when thinking of patio growing, but this superb dwarf variety is ideal, producing a good crop of sweet and tasty peas. It requires no staking and shows good frost hardiness. It makes a great addition to a child’s container garden too. Patio variety.
Pea Onward Seeds £2.65
Very widely grown in all areas. Heavy crop of blunt-ended pods in pairs containing plump peas. Excellent for table and freezing and outstanding for exhibition. Resistant to Fusarium Wilt. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Height 60cm (2′). Second-Early/Maincrop Variety.
Pea Peawee 65 Seeds £2.65
Producing 2-3 pods per node and 9-10 peas per pod, this outstanding pea will provide you with a bountiful crop of mouth-watering petit pois. Resistant to powdery mildew and fusarium wilt strain. Height 75cm (30).
Pea Hurst Greenshaft Seeds £2.65
Medium green pointed pods in pairs, each containing 9-11 peas. Resistant to downy mildew and Fusarium Wilt; recommended for exhibition. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. Second-Early/Maincrop Variety. Height 75cm (30). Note:Pea Greensage is not available this year so if you normally grow this variety we recommend Greemshaft as the most suitable alternative.
Pea Avola Seeds £2.65
An outstanding pea, with excellent colour and flavour, producing up to 8 peas to each pod. Moderate tolerance to Downy Mildew. Height 60cm (2′). Recommended for freezing. Early Variety.
Pea Elvas Seed £2.55
An exceptional variety producing, on average, three pods to a node, each pod packed with 7-10 delicious, sweet-tasting peas. W = Wrinkled seed. Can be sown in succession from March to June. Suitable for deep freezing.